Resilience. Determination. Courage. Connection. Self-belief. These are words we use often when we talk about high performance and leadership. But they aren’t simply concepts that can be captured in a data set. They are lived. They are developed through experience. And increasingly, as technology becomes more sophisticated and artificial intelligence becomes embedded in the way we work, lead and perform, I find myself thinking about a different question: What will remain disti

When we talk about high performance, we often talk about discipline. Talent. Consistency. Resilience. Hard work. But there is another ingredient behind almost every extraordinary performance that doesn’t always get the same attention: Collaboration. As an Olympian, I know firsthand that success is rarely a solo achievement. Yes, I was the one who stood behind the blocks. I was the one who dived into the pool. And ultimately, my name was the one beside the result. But I didn’t

Last month, I sat at my desk staring at an email. I must have read it five times. The words were right there in front of me, but I couldn’t absorb what they were saying. Something in me said: Go home. There was a time when I would have ignored that feeling. I would have pushed through. Answered a few more emails. Finished one more thing. Maybe taken some work home so I could “catch up”. Because somewhere along the way, many of us have learnt that pushing through is what high